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New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

80 South Swan Street

Albany, New York 12210

www.criminaljustice.ny.gov

Missing Persons Clearinghouse

2012 Annual Report

June 2013

STATE OF NEW YORK

Andrew M. Cuomo

Governor

Michael C. Green

Executive Deputy Commissioner

Division of Criminal Justice Services

Joseph N. Morrissey

Director

Office of Criminal Justice Operations

Cindy Neff

Program Manager

Missing Persons Clearinghouse

http://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/

New York State Missing Persons Clearinghouse

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Table of Contents

Introduction

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Missing Persons Clearinghouse – Services Offered

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NYS AMBER, Missing Child/College Student and Vulnerable Adult Alert Program Descriptions

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Missing Persons Clearinghouse Executive Summary and Data

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Missing Children Executive Summary

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Vulnerable Adults Executive Summary

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Alert Activations

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AMBER Alert Activations

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Missing Child/College Student Alert Activations

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Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert Activations

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Missing Persons Clearinghouse Data

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Annual Reporting Volume for Missing Children: 2001-2012

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Characteristics of Cases Entered for Missing Children

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Characteristics of Cases Close for Missing Children

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Length of Time on the Register for Missing Children

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Reporting Volume by County for Missing Children

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Reporting Volume by County for Missing Vulnerable Adults

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Days Between Case Entry and Cancellation for Missing Vulnerable Adult Cases Entered

During 2012

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The number of children reported missing in New York State increased 1.2 percent, from 21,390 to 21,656.

The number of children listed as runways – 20,423 - accounted for 94 percent of disappearances.

One stranger abduction case was reported.

The number of acquaintance abductions, 19, remained the same as the previous year.

There were 192 familial abduction cases reported, as compared to 183 the previous year.

Seven AMBER Alerts, five Missing Child Alerts and 24 Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert activations occurred.

Introduction

The New York State Missing Persons Clearinghouse (MPC) operates in

accordance with New York State Executive Law Sections 837-e, 837-f,

837-f-1 and 838, Part 6055 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules

and Regulations and the “Campus Safety

Act of 1999,” pertaining to missing children, college students and

vulnerable adults. The Clearinghouse is located within the New York State

Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) and is required to submit a

report of its activities annually to the Governor and the state Legislature.

Services provided by the MPC include investigative support to law

enforcement agencies, assistance to left-behind family members and

delivery of child safety and vulnerable adult programming. MPC staff

members provide missing person investigative training for law

enforcement and work closely with many local, state and national public

and private sector organizations, including law enforcement agencies, the

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, other state

clearinghouses, not-for-profit organizations and the U.S. Department of

State.

During 2012, Clearinghouse staff trained more than 1,600 police officers

throughout New York State on missing person investigations and searches,

which included instruction on the protocols for activation of an AMBER,

Missing Child/College Student and Vulnerable Adult Alert.

The Missing Person Investigations and Alert Protocol course was a joint

effort between the MPC and the New York State Police Special Victims

Unit. The Clearinghouse also developed and presented for the first time

the “Missing Persons Toolbox Training Course,” which focused on best

practices for responding to missing person reports involving individuals

with special needs, such as children with autism and adults with

Alzheimer’s/dementia.

The course, a cooperative effort among the MPC, New York State Forest

Rangers, New York State Federation of Search and Rescue, and county

Offices of Emergency Management and Fire Coordinators, detailed search

planning, search techniques and resources to aid with these types of

missing person incidents. This unique course allowed law enforcement

officers and other state and local agencies the opportunity to build and

strengthen partnerships, pre-plan for missing person incidents and acquire

the knowledge and skills needed to safely locate those who are at

significant risk when they go missing.

Major Findings

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Services Offered by the Missing Persons Clearinghouse

MPC services fall into three categories: support for law enforcement, assistance to left-behind family

members and presentation of community education programs.

To ensure that services are available at all times, the Clearinghouse operates a toll-free hotline - 1-800-

346-3543 - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and an e-mail address – [email protected] – that

is monitored around the clock. Any lead information received via the hotline or e-mail address is

immediately disseminated to investigating law enforcement agencies, and the hotline also is used for case

intake activities, which involves the initial collection of information needed to publicize a missing

child/vulnerable adult case.

The MPC also administers the Missing Child/College Student and Vulnerable Adult Alert programs,

which are activated when police believe the life of a child or vulnerable adult is at a credible risk of harm

or death; see Page 7 for additional details. General investigative support provided

by the MPC includes:

Case management advice to investigating law enforcement agencies,

including assessment of case details, entry of information into state

and national databases and assistance with obtaining other available

urgent services, such as assistance from National Center for Missing &

Exploited Children (NCMEC) Team Adam or other state

clearinghouses.

Preparation and distribution of missing child/college student posters to the public and private

sector. The state’s NYALERT system and Lost Child Alert Technology Resource

(LOCATER) are utilized by MPC to allow for rapid electronic dissemination of

high-quality photographs, biographical information and case details. Information

can be disseminated electronically to every law enforcement agency, New York

State Thruway service areas/toll booths, and bus, train and airport terminals. In

addition, a public subscription service is used to notify enrollees across the state in a

matter of minutes.

Publication of missing child and vulnerable adult photographs and

biographical information on the DCJS and NCMEC (children only)

websites, if permission is granted from family members/guardians.

Development of lead information by conducting searches through

informational databases and social networking sites.

Assistance with entry of missing and unidentified person information

into DCJS and NCIC databases used by law enforcement agencies

for investigative purposes. This includes assisting law enforcement agencies and medical

examiners with coding and entering dental and other anatomical information.

mailto:[email protected]


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Preparation and distribution of

missing child and vulnerable

adult posters to private and

public entities statewide,

including police agencies,

schools, legislators and others.

Administration of the mandated

statewide missing person

repository. Case information in

this database is submitted by

law enforcement agencies via

the eJusticeNY Integrated

Justice Portal (IJ Portal).

“Flagging” missing child birth and educational records, as mandated by law, is facilitated through

the use of this data.

Development and distribution of investigative guides and

presentation material, including the DCJS Recommended

Policy and Procedures for Missing and Unidentified Person

Investigations; Missing Person Data Collection Guide; and

Unidentified Person Data Collection Guide; and NCMEC

Missing and Abducted Children: A Law Enforcement Guide

to Case Investigation and Program Management, publications

and training videos, are available to law enforcement officers

who subscribe to the IJ Portal.

Collaboration with NCMEC and other state clearinghouses.

The established network of clearinghouses and related

organizations can directly provide nationwide and if

necessary, international assistance to law enforcement

agencies and family members. Also, the MPC works with the

U.S. Department of State to locate and return internationally

abducted children to their country of origin in accordance with the Hague Treaty on the Civil

Aspects of International Abduction.

Development of child and Internet safety educational information for inclusion on the DCJS

website: www.criminaljustice.ny.gov.


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During 2012, MPC provided the following school and community presentations and training courses for

law enforcement officers:

Name of Presentation/Training Program Number of

Presentations Number of Attendees

Internet Safety for Middle and High School Students 6 189

Internet Safety – A Teacher’s Guide to the Internet 1 60

Internet Safety – Train-the-Trainer 1 19

Missing Persons Investigations/Alert Protocols 11 823

Missing Persons Toolbox 8 456

Missing Persons Clearinghouse/Vulnerable Adult Alert

Program for Law Enforcement 4 183

Missing Persons Clearinghouse/Vulnerable Adult Alert

Program for the Public 3 108

Missing Persons Investigations – Law Enforcement In-Service 4 84

Missing Person Clearinghouse and Alerts - Executive

Development 1 42

TOTALS 39 1,964


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NYS AMBER, Missing Child/College Student and

Vulnerable Adult Alert Program Descriptions

When a missing child, college student or vulnerable adult case involves significant endangerment, Alert

programs are used to ensure the most rapid and widespread dissemination of information possible.

The New York State AMBER Alert Program, administered by the

New York State Police (NYSP). The State Police partner with the

MPC, the New York State Broadcasters’ Association, local law

enforcement, local broadcasters and others to immediately involve the

public in the search for an abducted child under the age of 18.

Investigating agencies submit case information directly to the State

Police Communications Section in Albany and the State Police then

electronically distribute Alert posters to broadcasters, law

enforcement agencies and other entities in the area of the abduction.

Case details are shared via television and radio stations, highway message signs, lottery in-store ticket

terminals and Thruway service area televisions. When there is known vehicle information, a request is

sent to law enforcement agencies throughout New York State to activate license plate readers (LPRs).

The State Police, DCJS and NCMEC websites are updated and anyone who has subscribed to the

state’s NY-ALERT system are notified via e-mail or their mobile devices.

The NYS Missing Child/College Student Alert Program,

administered by the MPC. When a missing child under the age of 21

or college student of any age is deemed to be endangered, but the case

does not meet AMBER Alert activation criteria, the Missing

Child/College Student Alert is available. The information distribution

mechanisms are generally identical, with three exceptions: television

and radio station managers decide if, and when, to broadcast Missing

Child/College Student Alert information, and highway variable

message signs and lottery terminals are not activated.

The NYS Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert Program, administered

by the MPC. When a vulnerable adult who is at least 18 years and is

deemed to have a cognitive disorder, mental disability or brain

disorder goes missing and is at a credible threat of harm, the Missing

Vulnerable Adult Alert is available. Distribution of information is

identical to those used for Missing Child/College Student Alerts.


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Distribution Mechanisms

Method of Distribution AMBER

Alert

Missing

Child/College

Student Alert

Missing

Child

(No Alert)

Missing

Vulnerable

Adult Alert

Missing

Vulnerable

Adult

(No Alert)

NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services

Website X X X X X

NYS AMBER Alert Website X

National Center for Missing and Exploited

Children (NCMEC) Website X X X

Variable Message Signs: Thruway (62), Other

Highways (345) X X X

NY-ALERT Public Subscriber List (40,000) X X

X

NYS Thruway Toll Barrier Printers (59) X X

X

NYS Thruway Service Area Televisions (27) X X

X

Thruway Service Area Posters (28) X X X X X

Media Outlets - Radio/Television (659) X X

X

Greyhound/Trailways/Other Bus Terminals

(108) X X X X X

AMTRAK Stations (13) X X X X X

Airports/Transportation Safety Administration

(40) X X X X X

NYS/County Probation Agencies (59) X X X X X

Hospitals (382) X X X X X

Police Agencies: Local, State and Federal

(1,328) X X X X X

Canadian Law Enforcement Authorities X X X X X

NYS/NYC Department of Health/School

Records Flagged X X X

License Plate Readers LPRs (327) X X

X

NYS AMBER Alert Partner Agencies X X X

NYS Lottery Terminal Message Boards in

stores (16,000) X

NYC Taxis (30,000) and Limousines

(12,000): For activations in the New York

City Metropolitan Area only.

X X

X


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Missing Persons Clearinghouse Executive Summary and Data


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Missing Children Executive Summary

Note: “Children” is defined as less than 18 years old for the purposes of this report.

In 2012, the Register, which is the statewide electronic central registry maintained by the

Clearinghouse and compatible with the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) register for

missing persons, received 21,656 reports of children missing from New York State. This

represented a 1.2 percent increase from the 21,390 reports received in 2011. Fewer cases were

closed – a total of 21,215 – than reported, which resulted in 2,804 active cases at the end of year,

438 more than in 2011. Most of this increase is attributable to New York City, where 316 more

cases were reported than closed during the year.

A majority of missing children cases were reported as suspected runaways (94 percent).

Abduction cases accounted for approximately one percent of the total reports, with abductions

committed by family members comprising the most frequent form of abduction. In 2012, there

was one report of a child abducted by a stranger, which occurred in Monroe County. (Note: The

number of stranger abductions reported to the Register may be an undercount. Typically, cases are

not categorized as stranger abductions unless someone actually witnessed the child being

abducted. Cases initially categorized as “circumstances unknown” can later been found to involve

stranger abductions but that information is rarely updated on the Register).

Every county in New York State reported at least one missing child during the year. Thirty-two

counties reported decreases in the number of new cases as compared to 2011, while 25 counties

and five counties that comprise New York City reported the same or a higher number of cases.

Reports of missing children were concentrated in the state’s largest urban areas. Excluding the

New York City counties (numbers for which are not reported separately to the Register),

Westchester County reported 2,359 missing children cases, the highest volume, followed by

Monroe with 1,397, Suffolk with 1,298. Erie with 1,087 and Albany with 1,059 counties.

Controlling for the under 18 population by county, Schenectady and Albany had the highest rates

of case reporting in the state, 21.4 and 17.9 per 1,000 children, respectively. These counties were

found to have unusually large numbers of repeat cases involving children who ran away from

group homes or other facilities. The statewide rate of reporting was 5.1 missing children cases per

1,000 children in 2012.

Ninety-four percent of the children reported missing were 13 or older, 59 percent were female, and

61 percent were non-white. The single largest group of cases involved white females who were 13

years and older (22 percent of cases reported).

Approximately 28 percent of the 21,215 cases closed during 2012 were resolved by the child

voluntarily returning home. Law enforcement efforts were involved in the return of 24 percent of

the cases, and four children who had been reported missing were found deceased. The median

number of days between the reporting and cancellation of a case on the Register was six, the same

as reported in 2011. (Note: New York City does not report the circumstances of recovery).


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Vulnerable Adults Executive Summary

In October 2011, New York State launched the Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert program, similar to the

statewide AMBER Alert program, which assists local law enforcement officials in notifying communities

when a vulnerable adult who is at credible risk of harm goes missing. A vulnerable adult is defined as an

individual who is at least 18 years old and who has a cognitive disorder, mental disability or brain

disorder.

In addition to creating the Alert program, New York State also began tracking the number of missing

vulnerable adults. Not every missing vulnerable adult case results in an Alert activation; it must be

determined that the individual is at credible risk of harm.

There were 502 missing vulnerable adults reported during 2012 in New York State, with 94

percent reported in the counties Upstate and on Long Island; there were only 31 cases reported in

New York City. The low volume in New York City more likely reflects reporting issues rather

than fewer actual incidents. The largest volume of cases, 57, was reported during October and the

fewest were reported in January and February, with 34 in each month. Westchester County had the

most cases reported, with 38, followed by Dutchess with 37 and Monroe with 31.

The average age of reported missing vulnerable adults was 48: 45 among females and 50 among

males. The youngest person reported missing was 18 years old and the oldest person was 100

years old. Approximately two-thirds of the cases involved men, and 73 percent of them were

white.

Of the 502 cases reported, all but 36 were closed by the end of the year. The median number of

days between the case report and closure was one day.


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Alert Activations

Year AMBER Alert Missing Child/

College Student Alert

Missing Vulnerable

Adult Alert

2003 3 0

2004 6 6

2005 5 4

2006 3 5

2007 2 7

2008 4 5

2009 3 5

2010 2 1

2011 7 3 4

2012 7 5 24

TOTAL 42 41 28

Note: The Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert Program began on 10/23/2011.


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AMBER Alert, Missing Child/College Student Alert and

Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert Activation Case Details

During 2012, seven AMBER Alerts, five Missing Child/College Student Alerts and 24 Missing

Vulnerable Adult Alerts were issued.

NYS AMBER Alerts

On Jan. 27, 2012, the New Jersey State Police contacted the New York State Police, requesting an

AMBER Alert in New York State for a 2-year-old boy abducted by his non-custodial father after a

domestic dispute. The father had a history of violence and drug abuse and made threats to harm

the child. The alert was activated in Alert Region 11, covering Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New

York (Manhattan), Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, and

Westchester counties. An Elizabeth (N.J.) Police Department detective was able to make contact

with the abductor via cell phone and persuaded him to leave the child at a safe location. Three

hours after the activation, the child was located unharmed and the abductor was later arrested by

the New York City Police Department in Brooklyn and extradited to New Jersey to face felony

charges.

On March 14, 2012, the New York City Police Department’s 107th

Precinct Detective Squad

requested an AMBER Alert for a 7-month-old girl abducted from foster care by her non-custodial,

biological mother during a routine medical appointment for the child. The alert was activated in

Alert Region 11, covering Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Orange, Putnam,

Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, and Westchester counties. The Alert was cancelled

within two hours when the suspect was located by the New York City Police Department in a taxi

cab in the vicinity of the biological father’s residence. The child was recovered unharmed and the

suspect was taken into custody.

On July 2, 2012, the Mount Vernon Police Department requested an AMBER Alert for a 5-year-

old boy who was abducted from his grandfather’s home on July 1 by a former boyfriend of the

child’s mother. The child’s mother unsuccessfully searched for the child before contacting the

police. The suspect, who had a significant criminal history, including violence and firearm

offenses, narcotic and parole violations, did not have permission or authorization to take the child.

The Alert was activated in Alert Region 10, which covers Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange,

Putnam, Sullivan, and Ulster counties, and Alert Region 11, Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York

(Manhattan), Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, and Westchester

counties. It was later learned that the suspect also had his 9-year-old granddaughter with him.

When it was reported that the suspect may be en route to the Bronx area, the New York City

Police Department assisted with the investigation. When the abductor became aware of the

AMBER Alert, he called a relative of the boy and police were able to track his location through

his cell phone activity to an area in the Bronx. The Alert was cancelled approximately eight hours

later when both children were located unharmed.


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On Sept. 5, 2012, the City of Newburgh Police Department requested an AMBER Alert for a

reported child abduction case they were investigating. The report was made by the family of an

11-year-old boy, who alleged he witnessed a young girl, approximately five years old, being

forced by two men into a dark pick-up truck with green lettering on it. The incident reportedly

occurred near a school in the late afternoon. Police indicated there was also an adult witness who

did not witness the actual incident but saw a similarly described suspicious vehicle in the vicinity

around the same time, with an occupant whistling at girls. Police also were investigating a

reported attempted abduction from 10 days earlier, involving a dark van with a male occupant

matching the description of the one described in the current investigation. Taken together, the

information resulted in the Alert being activated in Alert Region 10, which covers Columbia,

Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, and Ulster counties, and Alert Region 11, which

covers Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond

(Staten Island), Rockland, and Westchester. The Alert was cancelled the following morning after

further police investigation, corroborated by video surveillance, revealed the report was unfounded

and had been fabricated by the 11-year-old boy. The adult witness in the case had seen a

suspicious vehicle, but not the same one described by the child witness and saw it days before, not

the same day and time.

On Oct. 5, 2012, the New York State Police at Farmingdale in Nassau County requested an

AMBER Alert for a 9-year-old boy reportedly taken by his non-custodial father the previous night

after a verbal altercation with the child’s mother. The suspect was upset that the mother believed

he was involved in the homicide of another one of her children a few years earlier and that she was

going to disclose information to the police. Concern for the child’s well-being escalated when the

abductor failed to bring the child to school the next morning. The Alert was activated in Alert

Region 11, which covers Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Orange, Putnam,

Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, and Westchester counties and Alert Region 12,

which covers Nassau and Suffolk counties. The Alert was cancelled 50 minutes later, when police,

with the assistance of OnStar, were able to locate the vehicle in Nassau County, leading to the safe

recovery of the child and apprehension of the abductor.

On Nov. 16, 2012, the Marlboro Police Department requested an AMBER Alert for a 4-year-old

boy after the child’s mother reported to police that she was a victim of a domestic incident the

previous night in which her boyfriend threatened her with a knife and choked her. She believed he

posed a threat to their son, who was at a daycare center in Marlboro. Investigators learned that the

suspect did go to the daycare and forcibly remove the child. Police arrived as the suspect was

fleeing the daycare with the child. Police began a vehicle pursuit, but called it off due to concern

for the child’s safety when the suspect attempted to ram police cars. The AMBER Alert was then

requested and activated in Alert Region 9, which covers Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene,

Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, Washington

counties and Alert Region 10, which covers Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan,

Ulster counties. The Alert was cancelled four hours later when the child was located unharmed

with the suspect at the home of an acquaintance of the child’s father.


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On Nov. 18, 2012, the New York City Police Department, 48th

Precinct Detective Squad requested

an AMBER Alert for two children, ages two and five, when they were abducted by their father

after a reported domestic incident in which he fired a gun at the mother of the children, attempted

to choke her and then fled with the children by carjacking a vehicle after starting the home on fire.

The Alert was activated in Alert Region 11, which covers Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York

(Manhattan), Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, Westchester

counties. The Alert was cancelled approximately three hours later when the suspect abandoned

the children in the stolen car in Manhattan and police safely recovered them. The suspect

surrendered to police the following day.

NYS Missing Child/College Student Alerts

On March 26, 2012, the Rochester Police Department requested a Missing Child Alert for a 17-

year-old girl who was missing under suspicious circumstances. The teen was last seen on March

24 in the area of East High School in Rochester; her family reported her missing the next day.

The Alert was activated in Alert Region 2, which covers Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario,

Orleans, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates counties. The Alert was cancelled on March

30, when the missing teen was found dead in the backyard of a residence; a suspect was taken into

custody and charged with murder.

On April 3, 2012, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Department requested a Missing Child Alert for a

20-year-old woman who was suicidal, had violent tendencies and was intoxicated. She was last

seen on the night of April 2, leaving her home on foot in the town of Forestburgh in Sullivan

County. The Alert was activated in Alert Region 10, which covers Columbia, Dutchess, Greene,

Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, Ulster counties. The Alert was cancelled 12 hours later when the young

woman was located at her grandmother’s house.

On Aug. 31, 2012, the Batavia Police Department requested a Missing Child Alert for an 8-month-

old girl. The child and her family were visiting Batavia from Alabama when her mother was

arrested and incarcerated. The child’s father took her from a residence in the Batavia area and no

one had heard from him since that time. The Alert was activated in Alert Region 1, which covers

Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming

counties and Alert Region 2, which covers Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans,

Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates counties. The Alert was cancelled the following

morning when the child was located by the Buffalo Police Department at a bus terminal; the father

had purchased tickets to return home to Alabama. It was determined that child was not in any

harm and there were no safety issues.

On Sept. 8, 2012, the New York City Police Department, 68th

Precinct Detective Squad requested

a Missing Child Alert for a 9-year-old girl who left her residence following a family dispute. The

Alert was activated in Alert Region 11, which covers Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York

(Manhattan), Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, Westchester

counties. The Alert was cancelled 14 hours later, when the child was safely located by police at

the 114th

Precinct in Queens.


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On Dec. 22, 2012, the New York City Police Department, 109th


requested a Missing Child Alert for a 10-year-old boy who was last seen on the afternoon of Dec.

21 at his school in Queens. The Alert was activated in Alert Region 11, which covers Bronx,

Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond (Staten Island),

Rockland, Westchester counties. On Dec. 26, the Alert activation time of 72 hours expired and the

case was converted to a regular missing child case, which continues to be publicized on the DCJS

Missing Persons website. The child has not yet been located.


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NYS Vulnerable Adult Alerts (24)

On Feb. 8, 2012, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert

for a 20-year-old missing college student with autism. The student was reported missing when he

failed to return home on a bus from the Niagara Community College. The Alert was activated in

Alert Region 1, which covers Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston,

Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming counties. It was cancelled within 20 minutes when the student was

safely located at the Niagara Falls Transit Authority Bus Terminal by a Border Patrol officer. The

missing student had taken the wrong bus.

On Feb. 20, 2012, the Canandaigua Police Department requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult

Alert for a 64-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia and dependent on insulin. He was last

seen at 6 p.m. on Feb. 18 at his apartment in Canandaigua, and his sister reported him missing at

approximately 4:30 p.m. the next day after he failed to return home. The Alert was activated in

Alert Region 1, which covers Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston,

Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming counties, Alert Region 2, which covers Genesee, Livingston, Monroe,

Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates counties, Alert Region 3, which

covers Allegany, Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins,

Yates counties and Alert Region 4, which covers Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida,

Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins, Wayne counties. The Alert was cancelled on Feb. 22,

when the Canandaigua Police Department reported that he was located in California at a veterans'

hospital receiving medical care.

On March 3, 2012, the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult

for an 81-year-old woman with dementia who was last seen at her residence in Ithaca. The Alert

was activated in Alert Region 3, which covers Allegany, Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler,

Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Yates counties Alert Region 4, which covers Cayuga,

Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins, Wayne counties

and Alert Region 5, which covers Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga,

Tompkins counties. The Alert was cancelled on March 5; the woman had died and was found a

short distance from her home.

On March 9, 2012, the Suffolk County Police Department requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult

Alert for a 72-year-old woman with dementia and paranoia who was last seen leaving her

brother’s house in Commack. The Alert was activated in Alert Region 11, which covers Bronx,

Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond (Staten Island),

Rockland, Westchester counties, and Alert Region 12, which covers Nassau and Suffolk counties.

The Alert was cancelled 12 hours later when the woman was safely located by the Suffolk County

Police Department; she was hiding in a neighbor’s back yard.

On March 20, 2012, the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult

Alert for an 87-year-old woman with severe dementia who was last seen the night of March 19 at

her home in Waterloo; she was not dressed for the weather. The Alert was activated in Alert

Region 2, which covers Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne,

Wyoming, Yates counties. The Alert was cancelled six hours later when the woman was safely

located in her neighborhood by the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office.


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On April 2, 2012, the Endicott Police Department requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert for

a 51-year-old woman with schizophrenia and dementia, who was last seen on the night of March

31, getting into a taxi at her daughter’s residence in Endicott. The woman stated she was going to

visit her other daughter in Freeport on Long Island. She was reported missing April 2 when she

did not arrive at her destination. The Alert was activated in Alert Region 5, which covers Broome,

Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga, Tompkins counties, Alert Region 10, which covers

Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, Ulster Counties, Alert Region 11, which


(Staten Island), Rockland, Westchester counties and Alert Region 12, which covers Nassau and

Suffolk counties. The Alert was cancelled on April 5, when the woman was safely located after a

concerned citizen who had seen the Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert poster recognized the woman,

who was wandering in the area of a Long Island Railroad station. The citizen was acquainted with

the family and called a taxi, which transported the missing woman to the family home in Freeport.

On April 5, 2012, the Fishkill Police Department requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert for

an 80-year-woman with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia who was last seen in the afternoon of

April 4, in the area of her residence in Fishkill. The Alert was activated in Alert Region 10, which

covers Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, and Ulster counties. The Alert was

cancelled six hours later when the woman was safely located by searchers a few blocks from her

home.

On May 6, 2012, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert

for a 38-year-old man with diabetes and a developmental disability who was last seen in the area

of his neighborhood in Walworth. The Alert was activated in Alert Region 2, which covers

Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates

counties. The Alert was cancelled the next day when a Webster Police Officer found the subject

unharmed walking down Ridge Road in Webster, Monroe County.

On May 16, 2012, the New York City Police Department’s 40th


requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert for a 49-year-old woman with a developmental

disability who was last seen the afternoon of May 12 at her home in the Bronx. The Alert was

activated in Alert Region 11, which covers Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan),

Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, and Westchester counties. The

Alert was cancelled on May 17, when the woman was safely located; she had been admitted to

Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx as a “Jane Doe” and was identified by the Missing Vulnerable

Adult Alert poster, which had been distributed to the hospital.

On May 24, 2012, the Gates Police Department in Monroe County requested a Missing

Vulnerable Adult Alert for a 77-year-old male with Alzheimer’s disease who was last seen in the

early morning at his residence in Rochester. The Alert was activated in Alert Region 2, which

covers Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and

Yates counties. The Alert was cancelled four hours later when the subject was safely located in the

town of Tonawanda in Erie County. He was in his vehicle, parked in the parking lot of a mini-

mart; police and EMS responded to the call and identified the subject.


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On May 27, 2012, the town of Colonie Police Department requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult

Alert for an 81-year-old man with early stages of dementia and his 80-year-old wife who is

partially blind. The couple was last seen leaving their home at 3 p.m. on May 27. License plate

readers (LPRs) were activated. Prior to the Alert being fully activated, the Colonie Police

Department reported that they had returned home safely on their own.

On May 31, 2012, the Brighton Police Department requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert for

an 82-year-old woman with dementia who was last seen the previous night at her home. The Alert

was activated in Alert Region 2, which covers Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans,

Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates counties. It was cancelled five hours later when

the woman was safely located by the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office after receiving a call about a

suspicious vehicle in a parking lot in Hastings.

On June 8, 2012, the New York City Police Department, 61st Detective Squad requested a Missing

Vulnerable Adult Alert for a 19-year-old young man with autism. He was last seen on the

afternoon of June 7 at his home in Brooklyn. The Alert was activated in Alert Region 11, which


(Staten Island), Rockland, and Westchester counties. The Alert was cancelled on June 12, when he

was safely located by the NYPD after a 9-1-1 call was received about an emotionally disturbed

person threatening to jump from a platform on to the tracks at a Brooklyn transit station. The

responding officers were able to speak to subject and identified him from the Missing Vulnerable

Adult Alert poster. He was transported to Woodhull Hospital for a medical evaluation.

On July 3, 2012, the Clarkstown Police Department requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert

for a 77-year-old woman with dementia who was last seen leaving her home in her vehicle to go to

a pharmacy in New City and did not return. The Alert was activated in Alert Region 9, which

covers Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga,

Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington counties, Alert Region 10, which covers

Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, and Ulster counties and Alert Region 11,

which covers Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Orange, Putnam, Queens,

Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, Westchester counties. The Alert was cancelled the next day

when the woman was safely located near Watertown; she had been stopped for speeding by the

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

On Sept. 23, 2012, the Cheektowaga Police Department requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult

Alert for an 82-year-old woman with dementia who was last seen that afternoon driving her

vehicle. The Alert was activated in Alert Region 1, which covers Allegany, Cattaraugus,

Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming counties. The Alert was

cancelled the following morning when the woman was safely located by the Evans Police

Department near the town of Hamburg after they received several calls from the citizens who saw

the Alert on the highway variable messages signs and then saw the woman driving the vehicle

with a flat tire.


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On Sept. 25, 2012, the Poughkeepsie Police Department requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult

Alert for an 88-year-old man with dementia who was last seen the previous evening at his home in

Poughkeepsie. The Alert was activated in Alert Region 10, which covers Columbia, Dutchess,

Greene, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, and Ulster counties. The Alert was cancelled four hours later

when a nurse who had received the Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert notification informed police

that the man was at a local hospital, where he had been admitted earlier in the day as a “John Doe”

suffering from a head injury. The man died from his injuries the next day.

On Oct. 24, 2012, the city of Poughkeepsie Police Department requested a Missing Vulnerable

Adult Alert for a 76-year-old man with dementia who went missing from the Amtrak station in

Poughkeepsie when attempting to make a connection to another train headed to Buffalo, where he

had family. The Alert was activated in Alert Region 10, which covers Columbia, Dutchess,

Greene, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, and Ulster counties. The Alert was cancelled the next day

when the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department received a call from a citizen who saw the Alert

and then recognize the missing man walking down the street.

On Nov. 1, 2012, the New York State Police at Clifton Park requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult

Alert for a 70-year-old man with dementia who was last seen leaving his home to go to the local

YMCA. The Alert was activated in Alert Region 9, which covers Albany, Columbia, Fulton,

Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and

Washington counties. The Alert was cancelled in the early morning hours of Nov 2, when the

man was safely located after the State Police received a phone call from an employee at a

McDonald’s in Clifton Park; the employee saw the Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert on the local

news and notified police that the missing man was in the restaurant.

On Nov. 2, 2012, the New York State Police at Monroe requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult

Alert for a 70-year-old man with dementia who was last on seen at his residence at 11 p.m. on

Nov. 1. The Alert was activated in Alert Region 10, which covers Columbia, Dutchess, Greene,

Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, and Ulster counties. The Alert was cancelled 13 hours later when the

New York State Police reported that the missing man had been safely located by New Windsor

Police; he was walking around a retirement community.

On Nov. 16, 2012, the Evans Police Department requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert for

an 87-year-old woman with dementia who was last seen at 11 a.m. on Nov. 15 at her home. The

Alert was activated in Alert Region 1, which covers Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie,

Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming counties and Alert Region 2, which covers


counties. The Alert was cancelled two hours later when the Evans Police Department reported that

the missing woman was found by the Erie County Sheriff’s Office; her vehicle had run out of gas

and she was on the side of a road in the town of Boston.


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On Nov. 29, 2012, the Lancaster Police Department requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert

for a 57-year-old woman with dementia who was last seen at 4 a.m.at a nursing home in Lancaster.

The Alert was activated in Alert Region 1, which covers Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie,

Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming counties and Alert Region 2, which covers


counties. The Alert Activation expired after 72 hours and the case was converted to a standard

missing person’s case listed on the DCJS website. On Dec. 10, DCJS received information from

the Lancaster Police Department that the missing woman had been reunited with her family two

days earlier, when a Good Samaritan let her use her phone to contact her husband and then

brought her home. She was taken to a medical facility for evaluation.

On Dec. 1, 2012, the New York State Police at Amity requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert

for an 80-year-old woman with dementia who was last seen on Nov. 30 at her residence. License

plate readers (LPRs) were activated. Prior to the Alert being fully activated, the State Police

reported that the woman was located on State Route 332 in Ontario County after a motorist

observed her vehicle traveling in the wrong direction and contacted the police.

On Dec. 24, 2012, the New York State Police at Fredonia requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult

Alert for an 80-year-old man with dementia who was driving a Chevrolet Impala when he went

missing from a Wal-Mart parking lot at 12:30 p.m. The Alert was activated in Alert Region 1,

which covers Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Orleans,

and Wyoming counties. On Dec. 25, the State Police reported that the missing man had been

safely located at a Bellevue, Ohio gas station.

On Dec. 26, 2012, the Suffolk County Police Department requested a Missing Vulnerable Adult

Alert for a 78-year-old man with dementia who had dropped off his wife at Wal-Mart in

Brentwood and was supposed to wait outside for her. When she left the store, he was missing. He

was last seen at 1 p.m. in the store parking lot, driving a 2001 Chevy Astro van. The Alert was

activated in Alert Region 12, which covers Nassau and Suffolk counties. On Dec. 27, the New

York State Department of Transportation reported that New York City Police Department safely

located the man on the Long Island Expressway after his van ran out of gas.


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Missing Persons Clearinghouse Data

ANNUAL REPORTING VOLUME FOR MISSING CHILDREN: 2001-2012

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Reported

Closed

Active

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

NEW YORK STATE

Cases Reported 22,139 20,985 22,040 21,753 21,222 21,613 21,100 20,414 19,512 20,309 21,390 21,656

Cases Closed 22,273 20,654 21,431 21,745 22,139 21,646 20,999 20,283 19,763 20,017 21,319 21,215

Active End-of-Year 2,003 2,334 2,943 2,951 2,034 2,001 2,103 2,234 2,034 2,322 2,366 2,804

NEW YORK CITY

Cases Reported 5,699 4,534 4,505 4,662 4,829 5,297 5,839 5,800 5,721 6,544 7,545 8,101

Cases Closed 5,916 4,219 4,041 4,590 5,808 5,346 5,826 5,790 5,730 6,320 7,576 7,785

Active End-of-Year 813 1,128 1,592 1,664 685 636 650 660 678 897 866 1,174

NON NEW YORK CITY

Cases Reported 16,440 16,451 17,535 17,091 16,393 16,316 15,261 14,614 13,791 13,765 13,845 13,555

Cases Closed 16,357 16,435 17,390 17,155 16,331 16,300 15,173 14,493 14,033 13,697 13,743 13,430

Active End-of-Year 1,190 1,206 1,351 1,287 1,349 1,365 1,453 1,574 1,356 1,425 1,500 1,630


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CHARACTERISTICS OF CASES ENTERED FOR MISSING CHILDREN

3.9%

0.8%

1.0% 94.3%

55.8%

38.5%

60.7%

39.3%

40.2%

53.7%

5.2%

0.9%

0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% 100.0%

UNKNOWN

LOST

ABDUCTED

TYPE: RUNAWAY

FEMALE

SEX: MALE

NON-WHITE

RACE: WHITE

16-17

13-15

6-12

AGE: <1-5

% of Total Cases

TOTAL < 1 - 5 6 - 12 13 - 15 16 - 17 Male Female White Non-White

Runaway 20,425 1 971 11,093 8,360 8,332 12,093 7,994 12,431

Familial Abduction 192 147 30 9 6 94 98 74 118

Acquaintance Abduction 19 6 7 4 2 9 10 6 13

Stranger Abduction 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1

Lost 168 5 18 89 56 91 77 87 81

Unknown 851 42 89 434 286 412 439 353 498

TOTAL 21,656 201 1,116 11,629 8,710 8,939 12,717 8,514 13,142

AGE WHEN REPORTED MISSING GENDER RACE


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CHARACTERISTICS OF CASES CLOSED FOR MISSING CHILDREN

Unknown 53.4%

Recovered/Victimized1.1%

Voluntary Return 27.6%

Arrested 3.1%

Arrested/Victimized 0.2%

Recovered by PD 14.5%

Deceased < 0.1%

Circumstances of Recovery TOTAL < 1 - 5 6 - 12 13 - 15 16 - 17 > 17 Male Female White Non-White

Voluntary Return 5,922 18 229 3,186 2,489 0 2,927 2,995 2,733 3,189

Recovered by Law Enforcement 3,967 41 264 2,193 1,469 0 1,857 2,110 2,022 1,945

Recovered/Victimized 231 3 17 126 85 0 99 132 120 111

Arrested 761 2 12 319 428 0 407 354 351 410

Arrested/Victimized 28 0 0 13 15 0 16 12 12 16

Deceased 4 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 2

Other* 10,302 123 505 5,121 4,221 332 3,473 6,829 3,122 7,180

TOTAL 21,215 188 1,027 10,959 8,709 332 8,781 12,434 8,362 12,853

AGE WHEN FOUND GENDER RACE

* “Other” is an authorized reporting category that can mean the reporting law enforcement agency either did not know the circumstances associated with the recovery of the child, or did not use one of the more specific categories for reasons that are not known.


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LENGTH OF TIME ON THE REGISTER FOR MISSING CHILDREN

MEDIAN DAYS TO CANCELLATION

(Cases Closed During 2012)

6

15

2

0

5

10

15

20

NYS NYC NON-NYC

# of days

No. of Days No. of Cases Closed Cumulative Percent Closed< 1 4,000 18.9%

1 2,506 30.7%2 1,197 36.3%3 854 40.3%4 785 44.0%5 717 47.4%6 663 50.5%7 580 53.3%8 512 55.7%9 501 58.0%

10 438 60.1%11 360 61.8%12 378 63.6%13 371 65.3%14 377 67.1%15 294 68.5%

16 - 29 2,618 80.8%30 - 60 1,935 90.0%61 - 90 731 93.4%

91 - 120 346 95.0%121 or more 1,052 100.0%

TOTAL 21,215 100.0%

DAYS BETWEEN CASE ENTRY AND CANCELLATIONFOR CASES CLOSED DURING 2012


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REPORTING VOLUME BY COUNTY FOR MISSING CHILDREN

CASES ACTIVE

Familial Acquaint. Stranger Voluntary Returned End-of-Year

Total Rate 1 Runaway Abduction Abduction Abduction Lost Other Total Return by P.D. Arrested Victimized Deceased Unknown Active Cases

Albany 1,059 17.9 1,038 5 1 0 6 9 1,101 216 67 25 23 0 770 113

Allegany 9 0.9 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 4 4 0 0 0 0

Broome 329 8.3 295 2 0 0 3 29 331 187 113 13 10 0 8 9

Cattaraugus 64 3.5 60 0 0 0 0 4 65 22 35 7 0 0 1 7

Cayuga 110 6.5 104 0 0 0 0 6 110 35 66 4 0 0 5 1

Chautauqua 188 6.5 172 3 0 0 2 11 186 73 93 10 3 0 7 13

Chemung 202 10.3 193 0 0 0 0 9 204 102 62 22 3 0 15 9

Chenango 29 2.6 25 0 0 0 1 3 29 13 10 4 0 0 2 0

Clinton 71 4.6 68 0 0 0 1 2 73 40 22 9 0 0 2 1

Columbia 34 2.8 30 0 0 0 2 2 35 9 16 7 0 0 3 1

Cortland 16 1.6 15 0 0 0 0 1 17 6 9 2 0 0 0 0

Delaware 25 2.7 25 0 0 0 0 0 25 4 16 4 1 0 0 2

Dutchess 193 3.0 177 1 0 0 3 12 196 108 57 10 7 0 14 9

Erie 1,087 5.6 958 15 0 0 7 107 880 200 174 141 15 0 350 456

Essex 7 0.9 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 4 0 0 0 0

Franklin 29 2.8 29 0 0 0 0 0 31 10 14 6 0 0 1 1

Fulton 61 5.1 52 0 0 0 2 7 61 25 28 2 1 0 5 4

Genesee 78 6.0 72 0 0 0 1 5 79 22 50 5 1 0 1 0

Greene 11 1.2 10 0 0 0 0 1 10 4 6 0 0 0 0 1

Hamilton 1 1.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Herkimer 20 1.4 18 0 0 0 0 2 20 10 8 2 0 0 0 2

Jefferson 153 5.1 149 0 0 0 0 4 155 51 87 12 2 0 3 6

Lewis 5 0.8 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0

Livingston 18 1.4 16 1 0 0 0 1 19 10 7 2 0 0 0 0

Madison 23 1.5 23 0 0 0 0 0 22 15 5 1 1 0 0 1

Monroe 1,397 8.4 1,262 8 0 1 11 115 1,384 434 727 107 3 1 112 74

Montgomery 58 5.0 51 0 0 0 1 6 57 26 26 1 1 2 1 6

Nassau 875 2.9 761 7 7 0 48 52 883 454 205 69 57 0 98 181

New York City2 8,101 4.6 7,949 123 5 0 15 9 7,785 112 2 1 1 0 7,669 1,174

Niagara 255 5.6 212 1 0 0 12 30 257 145 78 13 2 1 18 39

Oneida 377 7.5 370 0 0 0 1 6 385 213 95 35 29 0 13 17

1 Rate per 1,000 children

2 includes the counties of Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens and Richmond.

CASES REPORTED CASES CLOSED


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REPORTING VOLUME BY COUNTY FOR MISSING CHILDREN

CASES ACTIVE

Familial Acquaint. Stranger Voluntary Returned End-of-Year

Total Rate 1 Runaway Abduction Abduction Abduction Lost Other Total Return by P.D. Arrested Victimized Deceased Unknown Active Cases

Onondaga 821 7.8 725 0 0 0 3 93 807 164 607 22 5 0 9 38

Ontario 38 1.6 32 0 0 0 2 4 39 16 22 1 0 0 0 0

Orange 311 3.1 291 1 1 0 6 12 311 173 90 22 8 0 18 47

Orleans 40 4.3 36 0 0 0 0 4 44 11 28 3 1 0 1 2

Oswego 98 3.6 93 0 0 0 1 4 96 49 42 4 0 0 1 3

Otsego 8 0.7 7 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 6 1 1 0 0 0

Putnam 22 1.0 20 0 0 0 0 2 22 9 13 0 0 0 0 2

Rensselaer 156 4.7 144 0 0 0 2 10 138 84 25 4 6 0 19 28

Rockland 225 2.6 205 0 1 0 6 13 235 146 49 8 3 0 29 40

St. Lawrence 32 1.4 31 0 0 0 0 1 32 12 14 5 0 0 1 1

Saratoga 91 1.9 84 1 0 0 1 5 94 39 45 5 1 0 4 4

Schenectady 746 21.4 728 3 0 0 0 15 770 415 96 21 8 0 230 9

Schoharie 3 0.5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

Schuyler 6 1.6 5 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0

Seneca 107 14.6 105 0 0 0 0 2 107 68 34 1 0 0 4 1

Steuben 43 1.9 35 0 0 0 1 7 40 23 11 4 1 0 1 4

Suffolk 1,298 3.7 1,206 4 2 0 4 82 1,304 885 319 37 1 0 62 66

Sullivan 42 2.5 39 1 0 0 1 1 44 20 14 4 1 0 5 5

Tioga 14 1.2 10 0 0 0 0 4 15 4 6 3 2 0 0 0

Tompkins 66 4.2 61 3 0 0 0 2 62 15 24 16 2 0 5 4

Ulster 102 2.9 99 0 0 0 1 2 103 35 52 11 0 0 5 11

Warren 42 3.2 40 2 0 0 0 0 42 10 27 5 0 0 0 0

Washington 50 3.8 46 0 0 0 1 3 50 23 24 1 1 0 1 1

Wayne 38 1.8 33 0 0 0 0 5 39 18 13 5 0 0 3 1

Westchester 2,359 10.4 2,180 10 1 0 23 145 2,371 1,144 309 84 30 0 804 408

Wyoming 4 0.5 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0

Yates 9 1.5 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 5 0 0 0 1 0

New York State 21,656 5.1 20,425 192 19 1 168 851 21,215 5,922 3,967 789 231 4 10,302 2,804

1 Rate per 1,000 children

CASES REPORTED CASES CLOSED


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REPORTING VOLUME BY COUNTY FOR MISSING VULNERABLE ADULTS

END-OF-YEAR

Total 18-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99 100+ Male Female White Non-White ACTIVE CASES

Albany 19 2 1 3 1 4 2 0 6 0 0 13 6 17 2 2

Allegany 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0

Broome 9 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 5 7 2 2

Cattaraugus 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0

Cayuga 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0

Chautauqua 14 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 7 7 12 2 2

Chemung 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0

Chenango 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 0

Clinton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

Columbia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

Cortland 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0

Dutchess 37 2 2 5 7 7 6 4 4 0 0 29 8 24 13 2

Erie 10 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 5 6 4 1

Essex 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0

Franklin 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0

Fulton 6 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 5 1 0

Genesee 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 1 0

Greene 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

Herkimer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

Jefferson 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0

Lewis 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0

Livingston 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0

Monroe 33 6 8 5 5 1 0 3 5 0 0 19 14 23 10 4

Montgomery 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 0 0

Nassau 21 3 4 1 6 4 2 0 1 0 0 7 14 13 8 2

New York City* 31 1 5 2 2 2 5 6 7 1 0 20 11 14 17 2

* includes the counties of Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens and Richmond.

AGE GENDER RACE


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REPORTING VOLUME BY COUNTY FOR MISSING VULNERABLE ADULTS END-OF-YEAR

Total 18-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99 100+ Male Female White Non-White ACTIVE CASES

Niagara 17 2 3 4 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 12 5 9 8 2

Oneida 21 3 0 2 4 5 2 3 1 1 0 19 2 15 6 0

Onondaga 24 4 6 4 3 1 0 4 1 1 0 14 10 19 5 1

Ontario 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0

Orange 16 2 1 1 5 2 2 2 1 0 0 10 6 9 7 2

Orleans 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0

Oswego 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 1

Otsego 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

Putnam 13 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 4 0 0 9 4 13 0 0

Rensselaer 12 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 7 10 2 3

Rockland 27 4 5 0 4 4 4 3 3 0 0 17 10 20 7 2

St. Lawrence 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0

Saratoga 13 2 5 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 7 13 0 0

Schenectady 12 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 8 4 0

Schoharie 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

Schuyler 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0

Seneca 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0

Steuben 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 4 0 3

Suffolk 16 1 3 0 4 1 1 3 3 0 0 10 6 13 3 0

Sullivan 11 0 2 0 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 8 3 8 3 1

Tioga 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

Tompkins 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0

Ulster 13 1 5 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 8 5 12 1 0

Warren 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 4 0 0

Washington 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

Wayne 8 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 3 7 1 0

Westchester 38 9 5 2 7 6 2 3 4 0 0 23 15 14 24 4

Wyoming 5 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 0 0

New York State 502 57 90 50 80 69 43 46 59 7 1 311 191 367 135 36

Note: Only counties that reported at least one case are displayed.

AGE GENDER RACE

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DAYS BETWEEN CASE ENTRY AND CANCELLATION

FOR MISSING VULNERABLE ADULT CASES ENTERED DURING 2012

No. of Days No. of Cases Closed Cumulative Percent Closed

< 1 202 43.3%

1 93 63.3%

2 31 70.0%

3 22 74.7%

4 22 79.4%

5 12 82.0%

6 3 82.6%

7 8 84.3%

8 3 85.0%

9 4 85.8%

10 6 87.1%

11 5 88.2%

12 1 88.4%

13 2 88.8%

14 5 89.9%

15 2 90.3%

16 - 29 17 94.0%

30 - 60 15 97.2%

61 - 90 5 98.3%

91 - 120 6 99.6%

121 or more 2 100.0%

TOTAL 466 100.0%

The Missing Persons Clearinghouse staff expresses its appreciation to the DCJS Office of Justice Research and Performance

and Office of Justice Information Services for assistance with compiling and analyzing the data contained in this report.

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